11th May, 2023 12:00
Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art
30
MARIAM ABDEL-ALEEM (EGYPTIAN 1930-2010)
THE MUSICIANS
signed and dated in Arabic Mariam Abdel-Aleem 2008 lower left
oil on board
image: 26.5 x 20.5cm; 10 1/2 x 8in
framed: 34 x 28.5cm; 13 1/2 x 11in
Provenance:
By descent from the artist
Private Collection, Alexandria
Born in 1930 in Alexandria, Abdel-Aleem received her BA from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Cairo University in 1954, and completed her master of Fine Arts in graphic printing at the University of Southern California in 1957. Back to Egypt one year later, she started a long and active career in higher education. Abdel-Aleem participated in many regional and international Biennales, including Venice, Norway and Bangladesh, winning numerous prizes. An internationally acclaimed artist, her works are found in leading museum collections in the US, Germany, Japan and Qatar as well as the Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut and the Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah.
Sold for £2,600
THE MUSICIANS
signed and dated in Arabic Mariam Abdel-Aleem 2008 lower left
oil on board
image: 26.5 x 20.5cm; 10 1/2 x 8in
framed: 34 x 28.5cm; 13 1/2 x 11in
Provenance:
By descent from the artist
Private Collection, Alexandria
Born in 1930 in Alexandria, Abdel-Aleem received her BA from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Cairo University in 1954, and completed her master of Fine Arts in graphic printing at the University of Southern California in 1957. Back to Egypt one year later, she started a long and active career in higher education. Abdel-Aleem participated in many regional and international Biennales, including Venice, Norway and Bangladesh, winning numerous prizes. An internationally acclaimed artist, her works are found in leading museum collections in the US, Germany, Japan and Qatar as well as the Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut and the Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah.
Auction: Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, 11th May, 2023
